Amber list species - medium conservation concern

Amber list criteria

• HDrec Historical population decline during 1800-1995, but recovering; population size has more than doubled over last 25 years
• BDMp Moderate (25-49%) decline in UK breeding population over last 25 years 
• BDMr Moderate (25-49%) contraction of UK breeding range over last 25 years
• WDMp Moderate (25-49%) decline in UK non-breeding population over last 25 years
• SPEC Species with unfavourable conservation status in Europe (SPEC = Species of European Conservation Concern)
• BR Five-year mean of 1-300 breeding pairs in UK
• BL = 50% of UK breeding population in 10 or fewer sites, but not rare breeders (BR) 
• WL = 50% of UK non-breeding population in 10 or fewer sites
• BI = 20% of European breeding population in UK
• WI = 20% of NW European (wildfowl), East Atlantic Flyway (waders) or European (others) non-breeding populations in UK

  E = European white-fronted goose subspecies only
  G = Greenland white-fronted goose subspecies only
  ² decline >50% but trend provisional or possibly unrepresentative of the UK